Long Island Commercial Real Estate Market Report – Q2 2017

We’ve surpassed the halfway point of 2017 and Q2 market reports are officially in so we’re here today to bring you the latest update and report on Long Island’s commercial real estate markets. Arming you with the details and statistics, this report includes Long Island’s retail, office, and industrial markets. To most easily digest this information, we broke it down by market with a focus on three key factors: vacancy rates, rental rates, and cap rates.

First, we’ll look at Long Island’s Retail Market. The Nassau and Suffolk retail market’s vacancy rate continued to rise from the close of Q1 ending Q2 at 3.6%. As for rental rates, they have increased from the first quarter of this year ending Q2 with rental rates at $33.93 per square foot. This represents a substantial increase of 4.0% in rental rates from the second quarter, and a 4.72% increase from this time last year. Regarding cap rates, the retail market cap rates have been lower in 2017, averaging 6.00% compared to the same period in 2016 when they averaged 6.38%.

Next, we have Long Island’s Office Market. Similar to the retail market, the vacancy rate in the Nassau and Suffolk County office market has also seen an increase from the end of the first quarter to the end of the second quarter of this year with the vacancy rate increasing from 6.7% to 7.2%. As for rental rates, they have decreased from the year’s first quarter ending at $27.61 per square foot at the close of Q2 2017. This represents a 3.5% decrease in rental rates from the end of Q1 where rental rates were reported at $28.60. As for cap rates, the office market cap rates have been higher in 2017, averaging at 6.79% compared to the same period in 2016 when they averaged at 6.19%.

Last, we have Long Island’s Industrial Market. The Nassau and Suffolk County industrial market ended the second quarter of 2017 with an unchanged vacancy rate from the end of Q1, staying at 4.1%. As for rental rates, Q2 of 2017 closed with an increase in rates at $15.55 per square foot. This represents a 2.0% increase in quoted rental rates from the end of the previous quarter when the rental rate average was reported at $15.25 per square foot. Lastly, industrial market cap rates have been substantially higher in 2017, averaging 10.07% compared to this time last year when they had averaged 3.55%.

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